Varaha Purana 200.37: Adhyaya 200, Shloka 37

Description of the Forms of Infernal Torments

Naraka Yātanās

Devanagari script

एकैकं दुस्तरं घोरं यथापूर्वं यथाक्रमात् ॥ अनुभुङ्क्ते स कृच्छ्रेण दुष्कृती तीव्रवेदनाः

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 200.37

Transliteration

ekaikaṃ dustaraṃ ghoraṃ yathāpūrvaṃ yathākramāt || anubhuṅkte sa kṛcchreṇa duṣkṛtī tīvravedanāḥ

Translation

ทุกรูปแห่งทัณฑ์นั้นข้ามพ้นได้ยากและน่าสะพรึงกลัว; ตามที่มาก่อนและตามลำดับ เขาผู้ทำบาปย่อมเสวยด้วยความยากลำบาก คือความเจ็บปวดอันรุนแรง

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Word by Word

• eka-ekam: each one (one by one)
• eka-ekam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka + eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘एकैकम्’ = प्रत्येकम् (one by one)

• dustaram: hard to cross/endure
• dustaram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dus-tara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (eka-ekam इति/अनुभुङ्क्ते इत्यस्य कर्म)

• ghoram: terrible
• ghoram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ghora (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• yathā-pūrvam: as previously
• yathā-pūrvam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā + pūrva (अव्यय + प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (as before)

• yathā-kramāt: in order/according to sequence
• yathā-kramāt: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā + krama (अव्यय + प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (in due order/sequence)

• anubhuṅkte: experiences/enjoys (undergoes)
• anubhuṅkte: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anu-√bhuj (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृवाचक

• kṛcchreṇa: with difficulty
• kṛcchreṇa: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛcchra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (प्रायः), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; साधन/रीतिवाचक

• duṣkṛtī: the evil-doer/sinner
• duṣkṛtī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duṣkṛtin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृवाचक (पापकर्ता)

• tīvra-vedanāḥ: intense pains
• tīvra-vedanāḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīvra + vedanā (प्रातिपदिक + प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘तीव्राः वेदनाः’

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Karma Doctrine (Descriptive)
• Didactic Narrative

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It provides a meta-statement about the ordered structure of punishments, reflecting systematic moral cosmology rather than episodic storytelling alone.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific location is named here; the verse summarizes the sequential experience of torments within the described realms.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Wrongdoing leads to consequential suffering presented as orderly and proportionate within the text’s moral universe.